• The Morning Course

  • - 4 hours per day
  • - 2 teachers share the class
    

First Half Morning Course

The teacher presents the schedule for that morning. Every morning there is training in grammar followed by vocabulary building. Each morning each participant gives an oral account regarding their previous afternoon or evening. Two or three of the participants might verbally discuss a subject prepared in advance. This might be followed by a debate regarding a current French news item in which the entire class participates dividing into pros and cons. Using imaginary occurrences the class might assume roles in real-life situations such as salesperson and customer. The morning's first half concludes with planning the following day's subject.

Second Half Morning Course

A short lecture by the teacher regarding a theme that involves the French language and French culture. This is followed by questions by the participants. Included among those classroom themes might be a controversial debate regarding economic, political, social and cultural questions. Each day there is a presentation by the teacher about specific grammatical aspects of the language, with practice and report sessions by the pupils. 80% of the morning session is devoted to oral presentations.